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GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK • BOSTON • CHICAGO
ATLANTA • SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
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THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
(
Upper Figure, Male; Lower Figure, Female
)
Order—Passeres Family—Icteridæ
Genus—Icterus Species—Galbula
GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS
STORIES OF THE BIRD YEAR
FOR HOME AND SCHOOL
BY
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT
PRESIDENT AUDUBON SOCIETY, STATE OF CONNECTICUT
AUTHOR OF “CITIZEN BIRD,” “TOMMY ANNE,” ETC.
TWELVE COLOURED PLATES AND THIRTY-SIX FULL-PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1914
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1907,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1907. Reprinted
March, 1909; April, 1910; April, 1914.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
To
WILLIAM DUTCHER
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNSELFISH DEVOTION
TO THE CAUSE OF
AMERICAN BIRD PROTECTION
FEEDING THE ORPHANS